Gehirn

GEHIRN (German: brain) is NERV's predecessor organization, originally tasked with the research and development of the Evangelions, MAGI supercomputers, NERV HQ, and Tokyo-3 while it was under construction. A special organization nominally under the supervision of the United Nations, GEHIRN was in reality secretly backed by SEELE.

When GEHIRN finished work on Tokyo-3 and the MAGI, it was reorganized and renamed "NERV" in 2010. All GEHIRN staff were transfered into the new NERV organization, except for Dr. Naoko Akagi, who died a matter of days before the reorganization.